Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP name, icon and general graphic look

[Maurizio Paglia <mpaglia0 gmail com>]

Ross, my hair are almost white, I am sorry but you need a bigger effort in
order to discourage me 😊
Have a nice evening.
Maurizio

Il 22 ott 2017 19:36, "Ross Martinek" <triarius12 gmail com> ha scritto:

> Alex,
>
> I said I was an old curmudgeon. ;^] It’s only my opinion, based on my
> experience, not wisdom from on high, and while strongly held, I’ve no
> objection to being shown I’m in error, or that my conclusions aren’t
> supported by your or others’ data (as you did.)
>
> If you are talking about my comments on documentation, I really do
> identify and sympathize with those creating this delightful tool: writing
> documentation of something one understands thoroughly is very difficult, in
> part because of the very expertise needed to do so. It often feels as if
> one is stating the blatantly obvious, over and over again. I have all too
> much experience with that, and the other frustrations inherent in the
> process.
>
> I did not intend to denigrate the free, online documentation that exists,
> only to say that it could be better. If developers are going to work on
> something besides development, I think that is a better use of time. By
> comparison with other, similar, open source programs, GIMP’s  is better
> than many, if not most. It gets one off to a good start.
>
> I hesitated to mention a commercial product which actually does a good job
> of documentation. I have found The Book of GIMP, by LeCarme and Delvare to
> be an invaluable resource in learning GIMP. It’s expensive, but the
> software is free, and the book costs far less than most graphics programs
> (or at least it did when I bought it.) (Shameless plug, and no, I don’t get
> anything for it.)
>
> As for marketing, if that is a concern, the way Literature and Latte
> markets their products might be worth a look. Scrivener, their writing app,
> is phenomenal. It isn’t free, like GIMP, but it is very affordable. Would I
> pay the price of Scrivener for GIMP? As my physics prof was fond of saying,
> “That’s not only obvious, it’s an obvious, obvious.”
>
> And Maurizio, I also appreciate your enthusiasm. I just think it’s
> slightly misplaced. Don’t let my stentorian objections discourage you.
>
> Ross
>
>
> > On Oct 22, 2017, at 11:29 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine <
> alexandre prokoudine gmail com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 6:15 PM, Ross Martinek wrote:
> >
> > > While there may be some PS features
> > > not available (yet?) in GIMP, the only advantage of PS I see is its
> > > documentation.
> >
> > Ross, I appreciate your loyalty to the project, but you aren't making
> > any friends right now :)))
> >
> > Alex
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